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How do I get my 20 month old daughter to sleep through the night in her room and without a bottle?

Hi, we just moved our 20 month old daughter to her own room because we are expecting our second baby in 3 months and she did fine but she was still waking up 1-2 times at night for a bottle. Last week I decided to take the middle of the night bottle away after I talked to her pediatrician and it has been a really challenging week... We do bed time routine as always: dinner, bath, bottle and bed at 8:00pm. However at around 2:00am she wakes up calling for me and my husband and crying non-stop. I have tried it all!!! Letting her cry, going to check on her, singing, tapping her back letting her know that mom is there and that she is a big girls and can sleep on her own. She is fine when I am in the room but as soon as I leave she starts crying... When I go in and I stay with her she is so awake that talks and turns and moves in her crib but is not able to fall back to sleep for at least two more hours.Lately she has also refused to take naps alone and is jumping out of her crib. HELP!!!

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